David Trotter reviews ‘Lifted’ by Andreas Bernard, translated by David Dollenmayer · LRB 3 July 2014
According to elevator legend, it all began with a stunt. In the summer of 1854, an engineer called Elisha Graves Otis gave a demonstration of his new safety device. Otis had himself hoisted into the air on a platform secured on either side by guide-rails and — at a suitably dramatic height — cut the cable.
June 27, 2014 at 12:32PM
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Harrier With Jammed Nose Gear Lands On A Stool
Harriers are some of the toughest planes to handle, but this guy makes it look easy.
June 27, 2014 at 11:48AM
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The Laundry Quarters Delivery Startup Is Dead (And in Hell?)
Some things are too precious to last in this brutal world, and Washboard, a startup that mailed you quarters to do your laundry, is one of them. It is, against all odds and after only a month in business (“business”), shutting down.
June 27, 2014 at 9:18AM
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By DAVID STREITFELD
Four prominent Silicon Valley companies — Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe — are offering $324 million to get rid of a case that says they conspired in secret no-poaching deals to keep their engineers. The judge isn’t convinced the deal is fair.
Published: June 27, 2014 at 12:00AM
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After Aereo: Why Dropbox is safe (but your DVR might not be) and networks need to embrace digital data
The Aereo holding itself was questionable, but the broader opinion opened the door to some even bigger questions about the legality of DVRs. Could the spate of copyright lawsuits cease if networks and startups agreed on a new type of currency in data?
June 27, 2014 at 7:20AM
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By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Google’s software will soon reach ever further into our lives, sitting on just about every other device you encounter — and the company’s far-reaching ambitions may now stand as its biggest hurdle.
Published: June 26, 2014 at 12:00AM
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En Veracruz hoy una temperatura máxima de 33C. y una mínima de 25C.
Hoy June 27, 2014 at 05:03AM la temperatura es de 26C.
With a high of 91F and a low of 77F.
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